I went down on my own and was sat on about the 5 th row,we had the white kit on with the blue stripe across the shoulder, great game. Think there was some cafuffle outside afterwards because someone knocked a West Ham fan over and got stuck up the road in traffic, there was a bunch of fans from either side ran after the car and dragged the driver out.
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I went down on my own and was sat on about the 5 th row,we had the white kit on with the blue stripe across the shoulder, great game. Think there was some cafuffle outside afterwards because someone knocked a West Ham fan over and got stuck up the road in traffic, there was a bunch of fans from either side ran after the car and dragged the driver out.
M18CTID
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I can't remember, by the time I got there we'd had a few (quite a few) beers. In fact I thought I'd probably hallucinated about how good the football was.
I've never had any bad experiences there if I'm honest, can't even remember seeing us lose there, and I wish I was going this year, but I'd forgotten they were moving, and was too late to order a ticket.
I must be a jinx then because I've never seen us win there and Saturday will be my 5th visit! First one was a 3-1 defeat on a Monday night in November 1993, followed by a 3-0 defeat (Cottee hat-trick) the season after. Then it was the 4-1 defeat in 2000 after Spencer Prior put us ahead. The only time I've seen us get anything there was the meaningless 1-1 draw at the end of the 2010-11 season. Not that I saw SWP's equaliser because I did something I've never done and that was to bail it at half-time because a mate was with a Leicester fan who he'd not seen in ages and wanted to go for a couple of quick scoops with him before we got the coach home so he talked us all into leaving the ground.
Despite that record, I'm going to miss the Boleyn Ground when it's gone and the piss-up on the day of that 4-1 defeat was legendary. Got the 5.30am train down there and was still going strong in the Palace in Levenshulme at 2am the next morning. Not sure whether I could last that long these days ;)
cleavers
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Just send me your ticket then :) two birds killed with one stone (perhaps).I must be a jinx then because I've never seen us win there and Saturday will be my 5th visit!
M18CTID
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Just send me your ticket then :) two birds killed with one stone (perhaps).
Nice try! Well you know who to blame if we don't win ;)
franksinatra
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Yep, Geovanni and Bianchi were the scorers:
http://bluemoon-mcfc.co.uk/History/Matches/Match.aspx?id=4722
Great game that, there was a real buzz about the new signings. The first half of Sven's first season was a great time as a City fan, particularly after the depressing Pearce era.
It was the start of the new era before the start of the new era if you get my drift.
Glorious sunshine, a host of new signings, two of them scoring and a team playing a posession based football which most of us had never seen the likes of before.
Everybody was full of optimism, excitement at the prospect of the season ahead. Still one of my favourite away days.
Another plus was we were back in Manchester by 8:15 which I am glad to say I slept through most of the driving which allowed us to achieve this.
Prestwich_Blue
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At the FA Cup game in 2008, wasn't Alfie Haaland in the crowd? I remember an ex-player getting mobbed on the concourse at half-time and Haaland is the name that comes to mind.
franksinatra
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At the FA Cup game in 2008, wasn't Alfie Haaland in the crowd? I remember an ex-player getting mobbed on the concourse at half-time and Haaland is the name that comes to mind.
I am pretty sure that was Svens first game as I remember singing this at an away game and everyone lifted him up. I also saw John Stapleton in the City end.
Lancet Fluke
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Been a few times, my favourite was one in the early 90s and Redmond fell on his arse but still managed to score a pen and Colin hendry latched on to a big punt up field and scored a last minute winner. Worst was probably ten years or so ago, can't remember anything about the match so we probably lost but there had been two accidents near the ground and we were sat in the car after the match near the ground for about four hours without moving.
cleavers
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Actually what you really need, is my lucky charm, my missus, she doesn't go very often, but her defeats are about as hard to find as rocking horse shit.Nice try! Well you know who to blame if we don't win ;)
I am pretty sure that was Svens first game as I remember singing this at an away game and everyone lifted him up. I also saw John Stapleton in the City end.
That was the cup game at West Ham in January 2008. Nery Castillo's debut, I think.